Muhammad Ali vs Don Warner

Venue: Miami Beach Auditorium, Florida. 28th February, 1962.

Angelo Dundee got Cassius clay out of New York as soon as he could and refused to allow him to go back, despite several offers from the promoters at Madison square garden. He had been alarmed by the banks knowdown and figured that new your had emboldened the over-confident youngster to an unacceptable degree. Instead, he hustled clay back to Florida and the fifth street gym. His next fight would be against don Warner. A two-handed puncher who had a good record of wins inside the distance. “He was a tough left-hooker from Philadelphia,” Angelo Dundee recalled.

Cassius Clay

Yet clay quickly showed how much he had learned. Having made his now-required prediction – this time that Warner would be disposed of in five – clay began well. Every time earner tried to get his big left away, clay jabbed and feinted, leaving Warner off-balance and unable to land a good punch. The knockout came a round ahead of the prediction; the bloodied Warner was knocked through the ropes during round four.

When a reporter challenged clay about his failure to predict the correct round, clay responded that, as Warner had refused to shake hands with him at the weigh-in, he had been docked one round for poor sportsmanship. His with was becoming as quick as his fists.

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